However, Regina Mackiewicz, who lives a few miles from the cemetery, was the only member of the public to speak up at when the topic was raised at the April 24 zoning board meeting.

New designs and documents filed with the township in the past week indicate that Fair View now plans to place the crematorium in an existing parking area behind the mausoleums. Previously, it was to be at the edge of the property, next to the highway.

In order to build a crematorium, a cemetery must first obtain the proper approvals from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the state Cemetery Board and, in this case, the township.

The 90-acre cemetery, where thousands have been interred during the last two centuries, first sought approval to build a crematorium in July 2015, according to the application